British Columbia has invited 95 applicants from Tech Draw. Those candidates were invited to apply for provincial nomination. After this draw, the total number of provincial invitations has reached 1,926.
The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) Tech Pilot draw has issued invitations to contenders under the following categories:
There were also those candidates who were selected from the subcategories of:
The candidates required a minimum 80 provincial score. British Columbia has held 12 draws this year. Till now 1,926 invitations have been issued in 202Those candidates who are successful in obtaining a provincial nomination, are allowed to apply within 30 days.
After every week, the province issues the invitations under the Tech Pilot. The BC PNP Tech Pilot is an immigration program for IT workers and international students, who have their occupations in demand. It operates through B.C.’s existing provincial immigration streams. To be considered for the Tech Pilot, the candidates must a valid job offer from the designated occupations. The eligible occupations include computer managers, information systems managers, civil engineers, web designers and developers, translators, video recording technicians, and others.
The other immigration streams of British Columbia need a full-time permanent job offer requirement, whereas the Tech Pilot job offers can have a minimum duration of one year. Those candidates who are invited to apply for a provincial nomination can submit their application within 30 days.
To be considered under the BC PNP, most candidates must have an indeterminate, full-time job offer from an employer within the province who is willing to support them through the appliance process.
Express Entry is the federal government’s application management system. Express Entry candidates are given points that supported human capital factors like age, work experience, education, and language proficiency in English or French.
Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination receive a further 600 points toward their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score.
The British Columbia PNP Express categories are open for those candidates who possess a valid profile in the federal Express Entry system. The federal Express Entry System is responsible for managing the three main economic immigration streams of Canada. Those streams are:
